"I am Lann Lannister Rhaenren, Lord of Brokilon of Cintra. I have come here to search for our missing princess, Cirilla Fiona Aeron Rhaenren. The last time our soldiers saw her she was running towards the forest."

Lann decided to use courtesy before force and negotiate first, after all, he might have to go deep into the enemy's territory soon.

One of the tree spirits interrupted Lann with a shout: "If she enters the forest, she will be ours!"

The voice came from the invisible bushes. Lan ignored it and just stared at the leading tree elf. She had bright silver eyes and hair, a petite and agile figure, and didn't seem to care about hiding herself.

After she shot the arrow that shot down the slanted-eyed soldier, she took the initiative to emerge from the woods. There were shadowy figures behind her, and it was obvious that she had brought a lot of tree spirits with her.

Lann negotiated, "I hope to take my team into the forest to look for our princess. The forest is your home ground. We only have so many people and it is impossible for us to cause any harm to you in there. We just hope to find our princess."

"Humans are not allowed into the forest. You either join us or become a corpse."

Another dryad interrupted and shouted.

Lan glanced at the silver-haired tree elf who was leading the group. She just stared at him without saying anything, as if she had made up her mind to let the companions behind her speak for her all the time.

Lann continued, "I am the lord of Cintra in Brokilon, and I have full authority over the affairs here. I heard that other kingdoms are planning to negotiate a peace agreement with you recently?

Let us go in and find our princess. I can initiate friendly exchanges with you and ensure that Cintra will never again take the initiative to clash with the dryads. The terms of the agreement can be initiated by you first. "

"There are no human lords in Brokilon! We will get what we need ourselves. There is no peace with humans!"

This was the third time Lann was interrupted. He took a deep breath, looked at the silver-haired tree elf and asked, "Are these what the tree elves meant? Can they represent your queen's meaning?"

The silver-haired tree elf still didn't speak.

First courtesy, then force. First courtesy, then force. We are asking for help. Lan En thought to himself.

But these tree spirits are really shameless.

"If that's the case," Lann said coldly, "let me tell you what will happen next: I will gather all my soldiers to set fire to your forest and find our princess. After we find the princess - and she will be found by us - the army of Cintra will come, and we will use all the national strength of Cintra to seek justice for Her Royal Highness.

If you are different from the fools behind you, you will definitely know: when a country tries its best to destroy you, we can definitely do it. And by then, you will definitely not face just Cintra, but a coalition of four countries.

If it really comes to that, whether we destroy just 'you' or 'Blokilon and you' will all depend on how much the princess has suffered in the forest."

Lann's cold words came out from inside the helmet, and his tone seemed to exude the scent of fire and blood.

The tree spirits in the woods gradually appeared at this time. When they heard Lann say to set fire, some of them couldn't hold back and drew their bows and arrows and aimed at this side.

Ace was not to be outdone, and everyone else drew their weapons as well, ready to fight to the death.

However, some of the dryads were still hesitant after hearing Lann's words. They were more rational and knew that the dryads did not have the power to deal with the entire Cintra.

The reason why Brokilon still exists at the junction of the four countries is only because the kings all want to take the biggest bite of the pie without getting hurt.

If Cintra were really angered and allowed to take the lead in breaking this balance regardless of losses and interests, Brokilon would be torn to pieces by these four greedy beasts.

"You are bluffing." The silver-haired tree elf finally spoke. "Can your words represent Cintra?"

"In fact, I can." Lann said coldly, "The one in your woods is the only princess of Cintra, the only heir of Cintra now. You have no idea how much trouble you are in. I said at the beginning that we came for peace, and I am also happy to pay the price for peace, but you are shameless.

Now, do me a favor, and save your own lives, and do not become the cause of Brokilon's destruction - stand back and let us in."

The silver-haired elf gritted his teeth and said, "Your threats are meaningless, human. But if we just want to go in to look for someone, one person is enough. We can let you in and the others can stay."

Hearing this, Sward was horrified and shouted: "My Lord Earl, no!"

"Nonsense, of course I know it's not possible." Lan said unhappily.

No matter how anxious Lan was to find the princess, he knew that it was absolutely impossible to just go in like that.

No matter how much the dryads behave like decent people in the original work, it is because they are facing the protagonist, a demon hunter who has a long and special friendship with the dryads.

You know, one of the widely-known personal traits of the Dryad Queen Esna is "merciless hostility towards humans"!

The silver-haired dryad said to Lann: "That's all, human. We can't let all of you in. I can swear in the name of the oak tree that the dryads will not take the initiative to harm you. I can also send my deputy to serve as your guide in the forest."

This condition was not yet within Lan's acceptable range, but he found that the silver-haired tree elf had begun to show an attitude of active concession.

Lan En was amused: "Look, you can communicate with others normally, right? You seem to be someone who understands the situation, why did you let the men behind you talk nonsense just now?"

Hearing Lann's blunt words, several tree spirits behind Ellie who were hostile to humans wanted to speak, but were immediately stopped by their companions.

"Tree spirits are always loyal to the forest." Ellie said, "You are not the first human to negotiate peace with us, and they always bring only swords and pain."

So humans and tree spirits have a long-standing grudge.

Lan thought about it and came up with another idea. He continued to ask:

"I want to know who I'm talking to." Lann turned to look at the silver-haired tree elf. "I've introduced myself, but I know nothing about you. I heard that your queen's nickname is 'Silver Eyes'. I have a guess, and I wonder if you can help me verify it."

The dryad hesitated for a moment, then answered, "I am Ellie, the sister of Queen Esna."

Lane looked back at Levin.

Levin stared at Ellie's direction and thought for a while before saying, "I don't know if she is the queen's sister. But I have seen this tree spirit several times. Whenever there are multiple tree spirits, she must be the leader. She must have a certain status."